Jersey City City Council Moves to Strip Council President of his Title; Mayor Vows to Veto: A sharply divided Jersey City City Council moved to strip Councilman-at-Large Peter Brennan of his council president title at last night’s council meeting, an action that city attorneys have called “illegal” and one that Mayor Jerramiah Healy has vowed [...]
The Jersey City Environmental Commission attended Capital Day in Trenton last month, an event sponsored by the Association of New Jersey Environmental Commissions (ANJEC). The keynote speaker was Senate Environment and Energy Committee Chairman Bob Smith (D-Middlesex), the sponsor of legislation that entered New Jersey into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). Ten states from [...]
Jersey City Council President Threatens Lawsuit Over Proposed Presidential Switch: A recent movement to oust Jersey City Councilman-at-Large Peter Brennan as City Council president may have hit a legal wall. Two Former Jersey City Project Managers Face Charges of Shaking Down Construction Firms and Suppliers for $385,000: Two men who once worked as a project [...]
Jersey City Board of Education Selects Interim Superintendent: The Jersey City Board of Education has tapped Associate Superintendent Franklin Walker to be the 29,000-student district’s interim superintendent until a permanent replacement is found for the departing Superintendent Charles T. Epps Jr. Look for more from JCI later today. Two Weeks Left to Fill Ward F [...]
Richardson and Lavarro Sworn In: Jersey City Councilwoman Viola Richardson and New Jersey City University administrator Rolando Lavarro were officially sworn in as the City Council’s newest at-large members. Look for more from JCI later today. Water Main Break on Tonnelle Avenue: Roughly 50 families were without water and the southbound lanes of Route 1&9 [...]
Election Results Delayed: Vote totals for Tuesday’s Jersey City special election have been stuck at 95.05 percent of precincts reporting since Tuesday night, and the complete count will stay unknown until at least Monday. Two voting-machine cartridges are still in the machines themselves, and they can’t be retrieved without a court order, Hudson County Clerk [...]
Election day results are in and all that’s left before Ward F Councilwoman Viola Richardson and fellow election winner Rolando Lavarro can take their new seats is for Hudson County Clerk Barbara Netchert to certify the results. Netchert is expected to do so on Monday, November 14th. But with Richardson moving to the citywide position, [...]
Polls Are Open: Polls are now open in the Jersey City special election to fill two at-large vacancies on the City Council, and will remain open until 8 pm. Also, all 120 seats in the state senate and assembly are up for grabs, but less than 30 percent of voters are expected to turn out [...]
For the first time in Jersey City history, according to the city clerk, two at-large vacancies are up for grabs on the city council in today’s special election. A whopping 17 candidates are vying for the seats.
The reward? Short job security. The winners will only serve the remaining 18 months of the three-year terms vacated by Mariano Vega (ousted following a corruption arrest and conviction) and Willie Flood (who left because of illness).
Seventeen candidates running for two at-large city council seats: That’s the scenario for tomorrow’s special election to fill the open citywide positions until the May 2013 municipal election. It’s the result of one of the more tumultuous periods in recent City Council history, with Mariano Vega resigning in September 2010 after he pleaded guilty to [...]
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